Car-seat cushion.



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APPLIcAfrzovNvrILED JULY 11,1907.

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.TIAMES J. DOWNEY, OF GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

CARPSEAT CUSHION.

Specication of Letters Patent.

`Patented Sept. 22, 1908.

Application mea July 11, 1907. serial No. 383,265.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES J. Downer, a citif zen of the United States, residing at Gloucester, in the county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Seat Cushions; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in car seats and t'has particular reference to the resilient suspenslons thereof.

The invention proposes a cushioning device comprised of coacting rubber sections and it has for its object to provide a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts. A

The details of construction will be readil understood from a consideration of the fo lowing detailed description, and its preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanyingr drawings in which like parts are designated by corresponding reference numcra s in the several views. E

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional View illustrating the construction of a car seat embodied in the present invention, Fig.

2 is a top plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is a detail view of a reinforcing frame carried by the seat proper, Fig. 4 is a detail view of a solid rubber cushion, and, Fig. 5 is a cross section of the car seat.

In the accompanyingl draungs, the numeral 1 denotes the seat frame from which is supported by depending tie bolts 2, a transverse beam 3 having its upper face recessed to receive a block 4 of solid rubber. The latter has its upper face concaved and longitudinally rooved as at 5 to afford a seat for a semi-amuar rubber tube 6, the valve of the latter being mounted in the usual pipe 7, which'projects through the block 4. vThe said block l likewise carries laterally projectmg clips 8,'-wl1ich engage the tube 6.

The scat is designated gencrall by the numeral 9, and ca ries a dependinfrlloW-shaped member 10, reinforced with re ation to the seat by a verticaL brace 11, the sides of the member 10 being reinforced with relation to one another by a""t 1\ansverse brace 12. The member 10 carries\a solid rubber facing 13 on its convex surface, "and the said facing is grooved as at 14, anh\' rovided with laterally projecting eliis 15, t @engage the tube 6. The seat 9 also carries-Fatnts ends rubber blocks 16 held by bolts llyarid which engage the ends of the tube 6. i.. 5""

TWhat is claimed, is, \`1

1. In a device of the character" described,

the combination of a block havinv a recess in a face, an inflatable tube within t 1e recess, a seat, a member depending from the seat rest` ing on the tube, and blocks carried bythe seat contacting with the ends of the tube.

'2. In a device of the character described,` the combmatlon of a block of yielding material having a. recess in a face, an inflatable tube within the recess, a seat, a member depending from the seat restino* on the tube, and blocks of yielding materi. ljcarried b the seat contact-ing with the ends of the tu e.

In testimony whereof, I alix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

.Lunas J. DoWNEY.

IVitnesses An'rnUn II. WoNsoN, RICHARD S'. HINCKLEY. 

